Recent advances in the Suf Fe-S cluster biogenesis pathway: Beyond the Proteobacteria

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Molecular Cell Research

Volumn 1853, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1464-1469

  Wayne Outten, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

B. subtilis; Fe S cluster; Iron Sulfur; Isc; Plasmodium; Suf

Indexed keywords

CYSTATHIONINE GAMMA LYASE; IRON SULFUR PROTEIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN BINDING; SULFUR;

BINDING SITE; BIOGENESIS; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CYTOPLASM; CYTOSOL; EUKARYOTE; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; MALARIA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEOBACTERIA; REVIEW; TUBERCULOSIS; BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BIOSYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; METABOLISM; PROTEIN TERTIARY STRUCTURE;

NEGIBACTERIA; PROTEOBACTERIA;

BACILLUS SUBTILIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; IRON-SULFUR PROTEINS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEOBACTERIA; SULFUR;

EID: 84926221250     PISSN: 01674889     EISSN: 18792596     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2014.11.001     Document Type: Review

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